Daddy Chang is a Chinese Muslim Rapper. This is an interview that we conduced with Daddy Chang in 2013. 1) Can you please tell us something about your background? I was born and raised in Taiwan, an island of United China…

By Tristan G. Brown | PhD Candidate in Modern Chinese History – Columbia University | MAR 05, 2015 Animal sacrifice and man’s relation to meat has preoccupied some of China’s greatest thinkers since ancient times, as seen in Mencius’s discourse…

[Image source: Calligraphy by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang] Here are three texts by Liu Zhi, who is considered one of the greatest Muslim scholars of the Han Kitab era. Nature and Reason of Islam (天方性理) The Real Record…

[Image source: Calligraphy by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang] Here is a complete text of 清真大学 Great Learning of Islam (or Advanced Learning of Islam) by Wang Daiyu. Here is an explanation of the translation of title of the…

About the Islam in China Interview Series: Islam in China is doing a series of interviews with academics, Chinese Muslim artists, scholars, researchers etc. The goal is to give the readers of this resource a good overview of aspects of…

Between Expectations and Ideals: Hui Women Finding a Place in the Public Sphere through Islamic Education By Esther Reiser Abstract This paper explores the dynamics of Islamic education in China and the mobility it offers to female students, focusing on…

Bio: Anne Darling is a Scots-born photographer who has exhibited extensively from Paris and London to Beirut and China including the International Photojournalism Festival of Perpignan and the China Pingyao International Photography Festival. She has worked in photography and the…

By: Wang Daiyu Here is a list of some books related to Islam in China and or Muslims in China. Please feel free to suggest books if something is not in this list. Atwill, David G., The Chinese sultanate: Islam,…

Razib Khan According to figures from the Chinese census on the order of 2% of the population of the People’s Republic of China is likely to be Muslim in their religious identity. 2% may seem like a trivial fraction, but…

The Great Mosque of Guangzhou, aslo known also as Huaisheng Mosque or also known as the Guangta Mosque (Light Tower Mosque), is considered to be the earliest surviving mosque in China. It also has the earliest freestanding minaret in China. Some sources claim that it was built by the uncle of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Saad bin Abi Waqas.

The following map shows regions in China with large number of Chinese Muslims. While other provinces and regions may not have that many Muslims but Muslims are nonetheless found in all parts of China. One of the reasons is because…

This article is about the discussion on the authenticity of the famous China Hadith, “Seek Knowledge as far as China.” Someone pointed out that the hadith ‘Seek knowledge even as far as China’ is a weak hadith (called da’if in…

About the Islam in China Project

Islam in China is a web resource on all about Chinese Muslims, Islam in China and the intersection between these two. The aim of our project is to explore the culture, history and traditions of Chinese Muslims as well as the interaction of the Chinese Civilization withe the Muslim world and the cultural exchanges between the two civilizations.